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QUEBEC — The Quebec government says it won't appeal a judgment last month awarding $385,000 to former premier Jean Charest after he sued the province for invasion of privacy.

Quebec Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette is facing an ethics investigation after appointing his friend as a provincial court judge.

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — Canada is vying to be the "best of friends" with South Korea, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Tuesday after launching closer talks on economic security with her counterparts in Seoul.

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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau left Monday evening for a weeklong trip to Asia, where he will make his first official visit to South Korea and attend the G7 leaders' summit in Japan.

VANCOUVER — A forensic pathologist testifying in the trial of a man accused of murdering a 13-year-old girl in Burnaby, B.C., said she died by strangulation. Dr.

OTTAWA — Justice Minister David Lametti and the federal government are expected to bring forward legislation to enact bail reform as early as Tuesday.

MONTREAL — Gun crime in Montreal is trending downward and progress is being made to diversify the city's police force, Fady Dagher told reporters Monday in his assessment of his first 100 days as police chief.

A First Nation reserve and nearby town in the southern Northwest Territories have been evacuated after an out-of-control wildfire began spreading in the area.